Toy cartridge.



M. & R. W. VIDAVER.

TOY CARTRIDGE.

APPLICATION min Ama. 191B.

1 ,284,497. Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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MAXWELL VIDAVER AND ROBERT W. VIDAVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY CARTRIDGE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, MAXWELL VIDAVER and ROBERT l/V. VIDAVER, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cartridges, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a cartridge, and more particularly to one'that is adapted to be used in connection with toy guns.

From toy guns the projectiles are usually expelled or thrown by compressed air or by springs. The means for compressing the air and the springs, respectively, are very complicated, and, if they get out of order, render the gun worthless since they form parts of the gun.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a toy cartridge embodyin the projectile expelling means, said expe ling means being of the non-explosive type so as not to be dangerous to the child playing with the same.

Another object of the invention 1s to devise a 'cartridge of the type mentioned which is simple in construction, efficient 1n operation, and which can be manufactured on a commercial scale or, in other words, one which is so simple to make as not to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article. Y l

With these and other objects in View, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement, and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of .the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cartridge constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section taken through the same; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 8, 1918.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

serial 110,227,247.

2, on a larger scale; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2, also on a larger scale; and Fig. 5is a perspective view of the projectile or bullet forming part of the cartridge.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the shell of the cartridge, the said shell being cylindrical and provided with a head 11 of substantial thickness. The head is, preferably, provided with an ejecting rim 12, for the well-known purpose. In the outer face of the head' is formed a recess 13, from which leads an aperture 14 to the interior ofthe shell. Through this aperture and recess extends slidably an operating pin 15, provided upon its outer end with a head 16. A spring 17 bears against the head 16 and the shell head 11, said spring being dis'- posed within the recess 13. To prevent this spring from disengaging the operating pin 15 from the shell, any suitable stop may be provided, for instance a pin 18, that extends through the operating pin 15 and abuts against the inner face of the shell head. The pin 15 bears against a holding member 19, preferably made of spring wire, that is in any suitable manner attached to the shell head and extends within the same toward the open end of the shell at an angle to the longitudinal axis thereof. The free end of the holding member is provided with a lug 20, adapted to engage an interior annular shoulder 21 upon a projectile or bullet 22. The bullet is preferably cylindrical and has a conoidal point 23. The shoulder 21 is formed within a recess 24 in the bullet, the end of said recess being conical, as clearly shown at 25. Between the head 11 of the shell and the bullet is interposed a heavy helical expelling spring- 26, one end of which issecured at 27 to the inner face of the shell head 11.

The operation of this device is as follows: The cartridge is inserted into the gun in its assembled condition, shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. When the elements are in these positions, the expelling-spring 26 is compressed, the holding member 19 retaining the bullet in the shell against the action of the said spring. To expel the projectile, the operating pin 15 is shifted inward, for instance by a firing pin coperating with the trigger of the gun. The operating pin thereby causes a disengagement of the lug 20 of the holding member from the shoulder'21 of the projectile. The ejecting spring 26 thus becomes operative, throwing the proijectile. The spring 26 remains Within the shell, as it is secured to the head 11. When the tiring pin is disengaged from the head 16 oit the operating pin, the spring 17 returns the said' pin to its operative position. The shell is then Withdrawn from the gun and a bullet inserted into the same. As a bullet is being inserted, the conical portion 25 of the recessin the shell causes the free end of the holding member 19 to move toward the longitudinal axis of the shell, its lug Q0 engaging, due to the resiliency of the said holding member, the shoulder 21 of the bullet, when the latter is forced, against the action of the spring 26, suiiiciently into the shell.

F rom the foregoing it appears that the loading of the gun, expelling the bullet and the extracting of the empty shell are the saine as in any ordinary ride or shot gun, yet the child incurs no danger by reason oi' the :Fact that the bullet expelling medium is a simple spring. The fact, that the loading, iring7 and extracting operations are the same as in ordinary rifles or shot-guns, adds considerably to the attractiveness of the toy.

The device is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and efficient in operation. There is nothing liable to get out oi order in the cartridge, in contradistinction to the compressed air or spring operated guns,

l/V hat We claim is 1. A toy cartridge comprising a cartridge case, a projectile partly therein, an expelling spring within said cartridge .case bearing against the latter and said projectile, means Jr'or holding said projectile in said cartridge case against the action of said spring, and means extending through said cartridge case incarica for rendering, at will, said holding means inoperative.

2. A, toy cartridge comprising a cartridge case, a projectile partly therein., an expelling spring Within said cartridge case bearing against the latter and said projectile, a resilient member on said cartridge case :tor holding said projectile in said cartridge case against the action of said spring, and a pin extending through said cartridge case bearing. against said resilient member for rendering the latter, at will, inoperative.,

3. A toy cartridge comprising a cartridge case, a projectile partly therein provided with an interior shoulder, an expelling spring Within said cartridge case bearing against the latter and said projectile, a esilient member on said cartridge case having a lug engaging said shoulder thereby holding said projectile in said cartridge case against the action of said spring, and a pin extending through said cartridge case bearing against said resilient member for disengaging, at will, said lug from said shoulder.

a. A toy cartridge comprising a cartridge case, a projectile partly therein provided with an interior shoulder, an expelling spring Within said cartridge case bearing against the latter and said projectile, a resilient member on said cartridge case having a lug engaging said shoulder thereby holding said projectile in said cartridge case against the action of said spring, and '"a shiftable pin on said cartridge case extending through the latter and bearing against said resilient member for disengaging, at Will, said lug from said shoulder.

Signed at New York, in the county ot New York, and State of New York, this 6th day ot April, A., D. 19,18.

MAXWELL VlDAQi/'ER ROBERT W. VEDAVER. 

